Today, most cars, foreign or domestic are about the same quality. Even though Japanese marketing will try to convince you otherwise. Foreign cars break just as much as domestic models do. Just look in the foreign car section here. Besides, most Japanese models sold in the U.S. are built in the U.S. What make you think that the Americans building the Japanese cars are any more skilled than the Americans building the domestic ones.

Toyota!
toyota has the fewest recalls of any other manufacuter. they last forever, are very dependable and they hold resale value because of it. if your interested in a car, try a corolla (around $14k) or a camry (around $19K) or something. i hope to buy the new full size truck soon. i like ford too but i cant really recommend any of their cars other than the mustang, which i own, and have had absolutely no troubles with. my friend has a focus the same year as my mustang and it has lots of problems.

Japanese models (Toyota, Honda) are slightly smaller, and higher priced, but they last forever, and the first ride is as good as the last. Japanese cars are taking over the market, American companies are worried.